On Sep 15, 2010, at 1:16 PM, Graham Cobb wrote: > On Wednesday 15 September 2010 17:13:43 Skarpness, Mark wrote: >> But that would mean that app stores would not be able to sell all compliant >> apps - which is not what we want. > > But app stores are not going to be in the business of selling compliant apps! yes they will - that is the whole point of MeeGo compliance - to get scale in the application ecosystem by enabling applications to run across multiple devices. > > Most commercial apps (which is what apps stores will be selling, as opposed > to > giving away for free) will want to be tightly integrated with the platform, > using all the vendor extensions and features. So, they will not be "MeeGo > compliant" anyway! Actually you have this backwards - I would expect most apps to be MeeGo compliant because that will be the easiest path to hit the biggest market (and make the most money) for the app developer. A smaller number will put in extra effort to tailor the app for a specific platform (or more likely do a compliant version and a tailored version). > > Surely no one expects that Angry Birds will just have one MeeGo version, that > is "MeeGo compliant"? I assume it will have one version using the Nokia > proprietary GUI, one using another vendor's proprietary sound system, another > using another vendor's proprietary haptic feedback system, etc. Each version > will be tailored before being put in that vendor's app store. Yes, that's exactly what we expect. One version for every MeeGo compliant device. Device-specific tailoring will be the exception - it's expensive, time consuming, and results in an app that will run on fewer devices. > > This whole "MeeGo compliant" thing is about creating very high volumes of > low-end, mainly free, apps. The high value apps that app stores care about > are not affected. And for low end apps, it has to be quick, easy and cheap > to develop or port them. And many of them will be in MeeGo Extras. No, I don't agree. MeeGo compliance is about creating a large, unified application ecosystem with apps sold through multiple app stores on multiple devices. > > Graham > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
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